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S. J. BARNETT.

HOOK FOR KEY CHAINS, &c. No. 600,254., Patented Mar. 8, 1898.

Nrrn STATES PATENT *FFICE.

SHELTON J OIIN BARNETT, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TO WILLIAM H. IRBY, OF SAME PLACE.

HOOK FOR KEY-CHAINS, 8w.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,254, dated March 8, 1898.

Application filed March 8, 1897..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHELT N JOHN BAR- NETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices for Key-Chains and IVat-ch-Chains, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fastening clamps or hooks for key and watch chain; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class by means of which a keychain may be quickly and easily connected with the waistband of the trousers or with other portions of the apparel, a further object being to provide a fastening device or clamp which may be used for a variety of purposes in addition to that above specified.

It is a Well-known fact that all clerks or members of the railway mail-service and postmasters and others connected with the United States mail-service are compelled to wear keychains, and this custom of wearing key-chains has been adopted to an extent by large numbers of traveling men, bank clerks, and others of this class 5 and one of the chief objects of this invention is to provide a simple and effective device for connecting these chains with the trousers or the waistband thereof.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the clamp or hook which I employ; Fig. 2, a side view thereof; and Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a chain connected with the clamp or hook.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a clamp or hook for the purpose herein specified which is composed of spring sheet metal, a strip of which is folded near the middle thereof, as shown at 5, to form a front plate 6 and a back plate 7. The back plate 7 is preferably triangular in form and projects downwardly be- Serial. No. 625,826. (No model.)

low the front plate, as shown at 8, and the front plate 6 is provided with two backwardlydirected hooks or projections 9, which are formed by stamping out portions of the said front plate, as shown at 10,and centrally of the lower end thereof is formed a tongue 11, at each side of which are backwardly-directed spring-hooks 12, these spring-hooks and said tongue 11 being also stamped or cut from the front plate, and the spring-hooks 12 being bent backwardly, while the tongue 11 projects downwardly and slightly outwardly, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. I also pro vide a chain 13, one end of which is provided with an oblong link 14, centrally of one side of which is formed a cylindrical portion or enlargement 15, and the lower side of said link, or that with which the chain 13 is connected,is provided with a loop or yoke 16, with which the first link of the chain is connected.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof.

The link 14 is connected with the hooks 12, as shown in Fig. 3, and in this operation the lower side of the link is passed backwardly of the tongue 11 and said link will be securely held in place, and the chain cannot be detached from the clamp or fastening device without forcing the link 14 backwardly and upwardly, so that the lower portion thereof will pass between the front plate and the back plate of the clamp or fastening device, until the upper portion of the link is disconnected from the hooks 12.

In connecting the clamp, hook, or fastening device with the trousers the waistband of the trousers is passed upwardly between the front and back plates 6 and 7 until the hooks or projections 9 engage with said waistband, and by means of these hooks or projections the clamp or fastening device will be secured to the waistband of the trousers.

My invention is not limited to the number of the hooks or projections 9, and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

a tongue 11 and at each side thereof with spring-hooks 12, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 25th day of February, 1897.

SHELTON JOHN BARNETT.

Witnesses:

J. B. STANLEY, GEO. SOHERER. 

